Son of zydeco legend Jude Taylor, Curley Taylor has accordion music in his blood. But Taylor also has R&B, blues and even reggae, flowing in his veins.

Late last year, Taylor released a zydeco cover of reggae god Bob Marley’s 1978 hit, “Is This Love?” Marley’s original became a top 10 hit in New Zealand, England and other European countries.

Taylor’s cover hasn’t hit the UK just yet. But it’s the most requested song on local zydeco radio, with DJs playing the song multiple times during their shows.

But the zydeco-reggae gumbo is all part of Taylor’s goal to bring his hometown music to the masses.

“My music is to cross the lines — without overdoing it,” said Taylor, who lives in the St. Landry Parish town of Sunset. “For some people not from here, you say zydeco and the first thing they say ‘It all sounds the same.’

“I want to make music where people would say ‘I didn’t like zydeco, but something about what you do, I like.’ I want to lure people to take another look at it.”

Taylor offers another look at his music at Acadiana Roots at 7 p.m. March 29 in The Daily Advertiser’s Community Room. Acadiana Roots is the newspaper’s monthly series that features local artists sharing music and conversation in an intimate setting.

Taylor’s radio hit comes as he enters the 14th year with his band, Zydeco Trouble. Taylor and band are zydeco road warriors, currently on tour in New York and New Jersey. Upcoming gigs are scheduled in South Dakota, Colorado, Washington, Oregon and Oklahoma.

Zydeco Trouble has produced six CDs, including the band’s latest release, “Zydeco Confessions.”

Before stepping out as an accordion-playing front man and singer, Taylor spent years as a drummer for numerous local legends. Taylor was 16 when he was drumming in his father’s band, Jude Taylor and the Burning Flames.

By the age of 25, he had played drums with Lil Bob and the Lollipops, Lil Band O’ Gold, C.J. Chenier and his uncles, blues guitarists Paul “Lil Buck” Sinegal and Wayne “Blue” Burns. While touring with Chenier, Taylor became interested in the accordion and taught himself to play.